| 哪里 | nǎ lǐ | where? / somewhere / anywhere / wherever / nowhere (negative answer to question) / humble expression denying compliment |   |
| 无处 | wú chù | nowhere | |
| 行不通 | xíng bu tōng | won't work / will get (you) nowhere | |
| 不见了 | bù jiàn le | to have disappeared / to be missing / nowhere to be found | |
| 空降 | kōng jiàng | to drop from the sky / (fig.) to appear out of nowhere / (attributive) airborne | |
| 一事无成 | yī shì wú chéng | to have achieved nothing / to be a total failure / to get nowhere | |
| 山穷水尽 | shān qióng shuǐ jìn | mountain and river exhausted (idiom) / at the end of the line / nowhere to go | |
| 无路可逃 | wú lù kě táo | no way out / nowhere to go / trapped beyond hope of rescue / painted into a corner | |
| 徒有虚名 | tú yǒu xū míng | with an undeserved reputation (idiom) / unwarranted fame / nowhere near as good as he's made out to be | |
| 徒有其名 | tú yǒu qí míng | with an undeserved reputation (idiom) / unwarranted fame / nowhere near as good as he's made out to be | |
| 无处容身 | wú chù róng shēn | nowhere to hide | |
| 无路可走 | wú lù kě zǒu | nowhere to go / at the end of one's tether | |
| 没影 | méi yǐng | to vanish / to be nowhere to be found / unfounded (story) | |
| 前不着村，后不着店 | qián bù zháo cūn , hòu bù zháo diàn | lit. no village ahead and no inn behind (idiom) / fig. to be stranded in the middle of nowhere / to be in a predicament | |
| 平地起风波 | píng dì qǐ fēng bō | trouble appearing from nowhere / unforeseen situation | |
| 老鼠拉龟，无从下手 | lǎo shǔ lā guī , wú cóng xià shǒu | like mice trying to pull a turtle, nowhere to get a hand grip (idiom) / no clue where to start | |
| 冒出来 | mào chū lái | to emerge / to pop up / to spring forth / to appear from nowhere | |
